Microbiology

The Laboratory of Microbiology is engaged in research and education in biotransformations and interactions of microorganisms as well as their control. Moreover, it contributes to the exploitation of the generated knowledge in the application areas of Health & Food, Bioproducts & Energy and Environment & Sustainability.

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Spinoza Prize for Wageningen microbiologist John van der Oost

Today, the Wageningen Microbiology Professor John van der Oost will receive the Spinoza Prize presented by Science Minister Ingrid van Engelshoven. John van der Oost and his group will spend the amount of 2.5 million euros - the largest prize in science in the Netherlands - to fund new research paths to unravel the earlier discovered CRISPR immune system and other systems in bacteria.